Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop

1. Unit1 Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop 2nd Grade - Writing Unit 1 – Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop

2. Getting Started With Writer’s Workshop: What it looks and sounds like. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 1a

3. Writers choose writing topics using an idea bag or an idea list. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 1b

4. Writers use a sketch to plan their writing. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 1c

5. Writers use important people in their lives to sketch and write about. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 2

6. Writers learn how to talk with a “Writing Partner”. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point - Extra - Partner Work

7. Writers use important places (settings) in their lives to sketch and write about. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point #3

8. Writers add setting details to their stories in order to make the readers visualize (make pictures in their minds). Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 4

9. Writer’s revise by adding dialogue. They add the “actual words” the character says. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 5

10. Writers leave clues for the reader to figure out (show not tell). Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 6

11. Writers read and look through books to get writing ideas Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point - Extra

12. Writers learn to spell using a personal spelling list. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 7a

13. Writers spell the best they can by stretching out the sounds in words. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 7b

14. Writers learn to write using specific details. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point - Extra

15. Writers use ending punctuations to give their writing power and voice. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 8

16. Writers choose a piece to polish, publish, and practice. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point 9

17. Writers make their writing look special in order to share it at the writing celebration. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop Teaching Point – Extra time for Publishing

18. Writer’s Celebration Writers share published writing with others. Writing Unit 1 - Getting Started: Launching the Writing Workshop